Thanks sanctions were preventing him from actually creating the weapons at that time. However they failed to create an Iraq where WMD would not be a goal again.
What good does it do us to let Saddam create a weapons program later, if Iraq held up its end of the bargain then the UN sanctions would be lifted, allowing saddam to acquire the materials needed to create the bad weapons, and allowing him to create those weapons. It would have also kept the oil for food programming from functioning at all, regardless of the corruption it had, it still did help. While he may not have actually had the WMD, it is clear he was going to attempt to acquire them as soon as the sanctions were lifted, this is not something I think the US could have let happen. That isn't to say I condone the administrations tactics for gaining public support for the war, or that I think the President out and out lied, as there is no evidence to support that Bush knew there were no weapons. The Congressional report showed that the goal of the sanctioned saddam regime was to make it look as thought they were playing along so long as it would spell an end to the sanctions, at which point they would begin to purchase the weapons or the materials. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:56 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Voter Fraud? Why are the exit polls so wrong in Florida? > Saddam was trying to purchase yellowcake from Niger. > You don't think that constitutes a threat? He wanted to do a lot of things. And the sanctions were working. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134990 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
